Coastline: 386 km
Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate:
tropical; moderated by trade winds
Terrain:
mostly rolling hills; narrow coastal plain with swamps
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: unnamed location in the coastal plain -2 m
highest point: Juliana Top 1,230 m
Natural resources:
timber, hydropower, fish, kaolin, shrimp, bauxite, gold, and small
amounts of nickel, copper, platinum, iron ore
Land use: arable land: 0.37% permanent crops: 0.06% other: 99.57% (2001)
Irrigated land:
490 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards:
NA
Environment - current issues: deforestation as timber is cut for export; pollution of inland waterways by small-scale mining activities